Event #2: Each day as I come in my front door, I am greeted by an “all-you-can-eat” milkweed buffet that is covered in bees. The bees are SO happy with our milkweed. There are often five or six bees on each giant pink bunch.

Event #3: I was working on a craft for the Family Nature Summit kids. It’s a necklace made from cardboard circles. Here is a photo of Nora modeling her sample. I was thinking – wouldn’t this be a fun craft if each little circle was a bee, and I come up with some way to make little transparent wings from plastic lids?

I am the garden committee chair at Del Ray Artisans and am working with volunteers to build a butterfly garden. We dug the soil last weekend, a butterfly friend is collecting milkweed seeds of two varieties and freezing them over the winter for us. We will plant in the spring. I would love to make this a bee friendly garden as well, since these small winged pollinators are sympatico. I plan on designing some small, educational signs this winter. Was thinking that mapping the area with prime bee and butterfly food and water sources/spotting would be a lot of fun. But that’s way out of my ability to make time for. Love your site.